National Beverage Corp. vs Nasdaq Inc — how do they compare? National Beverage Corp. trades at $30.9 (market cap $2.89B), while Nasdaq Inc trades at $94.9 (market cap $53.11B). The key difference: Nasdaq Inc is far larger — about 18.4× National Beverage Corp.'s market cap, and Nasdaq Inc pays a 1.22% dividend while National Beverage Corp. pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| FIZZ | NDAQ | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $2.89B | $53.11B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Financials |
52-Week High | $46.75 | $100.98 |
52-Week Low | $30.53 | $76.85 |
Enterprise Value | $2.60B | $59.57B |
Dividend Yield | — | 1.22% |
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National Beverage Corp is one of the top 10 non-alcoholic beverage companies in the U.S. Its portfolio skews toward functional drinks (that is those purporting to offer health benefits) and is anchored by the popular LaCroix sparkling water trademark. Other offerings include Rip It energy drinks, Everfresh juices, and soda brands like Shasta and Faygo. The firm controls most of its production and distribution apparatus, with very little outsourcing. In terms of go-to-market, it uses warehouse distribution for big-box retailers, direct-store-delivery for convenience stores and other small outlets, and food-service distributors for the food-service channel (schools, hospitals, restaurants). It is controlled by chairman and CEO Nick Caporella, who owns over 73% of the common stock.
Read more on FIZZ →Founded in 1971, Nasdaq is primarily known for its equity exchange, but in addition to its market-services business (about 35% of sales), the company sells and distributes market data as well as offers Nasdaq-branded indexes to asset managers and investors through its information-services segment (30%). Nasdaq's corporate-services business (20%) offers listing services and related investor relations products to publicly traded companies and through the company's market technology group (15%), Nasdaq facilitates the exchange operations of other exchanges throughout the world and provides financial compliance services.
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